Drug abuse is one of the serious social problems in Nepal and elsewhere for a long time. Drug abuse has several effects over the human life. Burgeoning unemployment, broken family, crime, depression, love failure, formation of peer group, mass media are major problems faced by the youth of the country. This paper explores the causes of drug abuse among youth in Mid-Western Region of Nepal. Quantitative research method was used to draw the data from 252 respondents. Simple random sampling technique was used to select the respondents of different rehabilitation center of Surkhet, Banke and Dang District. Data were analyzed by using chi-square statistical tools. Drug causes have covered the psychological, peer pressure, school/ college, socio cultural and mass media causes of drug abuse. Among them, majority respondent responded causes of drug abuse is bad relationship with family, to feel relax, failed in exam and films stars and idols which are shown on television.
The substance that changes the physical, psychological and emotional function of individual is called drug. Any one may abuse drug to feel good, forget stress, and avoid reality. Drug abuse or substance abuse means using a drug for the purpose of creating pleasurable effects on the brain.
A place where people of drug addiction are treated is called rehabilitation Centre. The core objective of this study is to find out the roles of rehabilitation center to reduce drug using habit of drug abusers who are undergoing for treatment in rehabilitation center. Mixed research method was used to analyze the data from 40 male respondents of Benevolence Rehabilitation Center, Surkhet. Birendranagar valley of Nepal. Purposive sampling technique was used to select the respondents. Frequency table was used to analyze the quantitative data. Roles and services of rehabilitation center had covered the different activities practices in rehabilitation center. It had covered the counseling, vocational training, meditation, realization programme, job opportunity, acceptance, programme, sympathy.
This paper attempts to analyze the cast discrimination and its consequence in the Nepalese Dalit (Badi) society. In order to improve, the livelihood some constraints such as cast discrimination, social stigma, economic background, lack of land ownership, low level of participation and wide spread poverty have been discussed and how these phenomena creating discrimination on Dalit community and people. Along with these constraints the facility of drinking water, education status and sanitation in the Badi community were examined. The major objective of this research was to identify the causes that effect onBadi people and how is the facility of drinking water, education and sanitation in Badi community.Frequency and percentage were used to analyze the data. The result shows the education status is very poor compared to other community. Similarly, the sanitation and drinking water facility is also very poor in the community.
Drug is universal problem and Nepal is also affected from the prevalence of drug. Youths are mostly affected from the drug. The study aims to identify the effect of drug on relationship between drug users and their family and friends. The study was conducted in three districts: Surkhet, Banke and Dang of Nepal. The data was collected from the 252 drug users. Purposive sampling was used to select the drug users. Statistical analysis was used to analyze the data and presented in tabular form. The drug users accepted that there was some bitter effect in their relation with parents, spouses, siblings and children. Relationship with spouse was mostly affected than other it may be the reason that lives of spouses are directly connected to each other.
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